In this image provided by the NYRA, I?ll Have Another, ridden by exercise rider Jonny Garcia, gallops at Belmont Park on Thursday. AP In this image provided by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Iā??ll Have Another, ridden by exercise rider Jonny Garcia, gallops at Belmont Park, Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. Trainer Doug O'Neill says a loose horse nearly slammed into the Triple Crown hopeful I'll during training Thursday at Belmont Park.(AP Photo/NYRA)

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Gary Mihoces
| USA TODAY

As winner of the Kentucky Derby, Orb is the only horse in 2013 with a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years. Trainer Doug O'Neill, who aims to beat Orb in Saturday's Preakness with Derby also-ran Goldencents, is among many who have fallen short of the triple. He says Orb might be up to it.

"I definitely think it's well within his range. He's a Triple Crown threat, for sure," says O'Neill, who will send Goldencents to the nine-horse starting gate at Pimlico.